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Super High Impact is a sports video game developed by Midway Manufacturing Co and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Sega Genesis in 1992 and SNES in 1993. It is a console version of the 1991 arcade video game High Impact Football by Williams Electronics.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Insert Coin | V | Select |
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| Action | Keyboard | Arcade input |
|---|---|---|
| Move | · · · · | Joystick (8-way) |
| Action | · | Button 1 |
| Start | · | Start |
| Insert Coin | · | Select |
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The Story Behind Super High Impact
Super High Impact is a sports video game developed by Midway Manufacturing Co and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Sega Genesis in 1992 and SNES in 1993. It is a console version of the 1991 arcade video game High Impact Football by Williams Electronics. Upon release, the game received average reviews, with critics praising the game's visual presentation, animation and digitized voice, and faulting the game's simple design, playbook and lack of features.
How Super High Impact Plays
Super High Impact is a sports video game developed by Midway Manufacturing Co and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Sega Genesis in 1992 and SNES in 1993. There are 16 and 28 offensive and defensive plays available in the playbook for the Genesis and SNES. Upon release, the game received average reviews, with critics praising the game's visual presentation, animation and digitized voice, and faulting the game's simple design, playbook and lack of features.
Super High Impact is not NFL licensed; teams were fictional and based on cities that hosted NFL teams. The developers, including co-designer Ed Boon and John Newcomer, artist Tony Goskie, and composer Dan Forden, began work on a sequel whilst conceiving of "ideas or improvements" whilst finishing the original game. The game is an arcade-style American football sports title in which players can compete in leagues of 18 fictional teams.
Why Players Still Load It Up
Allgame praised the game's "over-the-top" announcer, but faulted the "stiff" player animation, slow pace, overall lacking "enough features to keep you coming back". It is a console version of the 1991 arcade video game High Impact Football by Williams Electronics. Reviewers for Electronic Gaming Monthly disagreed on whether SNES version was an improvement on its arcade release, writing that the game was too simplistic and offered "little challenge".
Super High Impact is a sports video game developed by Midway Manufacturing Co and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Sega Genesis in 1992 and SNES in 1993. In contrast, GamePro felt the game was a "significant improvement" to the Genesis version, finding the graphics "smooth, sharp and detailed", and GameInformer felt the control and animation were "spectacular". Although finding the game was not a "serious gridiron simulation" lacking "realism and rules", Game Players found Super High Impact fun to play and praised its graphics and digitised voices.
Super High Impact — Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I buy the original Super High Impact?
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What console was Super High Impact released on?
Acclaim Entertainment shipped Super High Impact for the Arcade back in 1992, and this page runs that release.
Can I save my progress in Super High Impact?
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How many players does Super High Impact support?
This browser version of Super High Impact handles 1 player(s).